HydroVision International 2015

R. Hotchkiss
Professor
Brigham Young University


Dr. Rollin H. Hotchkiss is a professor and the Chairman of the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is a registered professional engineering in Nebraska and holds an advanced registration as a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. His major research areas include mitigating reservoir sedimentation and the interdisciplinary issue of providing passage for fish through culverts and at dams. He chairs the Environmental Advisory Board for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and serves on the expert group of the International Sediment Initiative. Dr. Hotchkiss is best known for his national and international work in reservoir sedimentation. He has authored several papers on the topic, has been an invited speaker to Sudan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and China, and has co-edited a three volume set of papers devoted to all aspects of reservoir sedimentation. He is currently performing research on mitigating deposited sediment using hydrosuction dredging and is also working on economic aspects of sustainable design. Dr. Hotchkiss has advised more than 60 graduate students and has authored or co-authored more than 100 conference papers and project reports and 40 refereed journal papers.

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